In the aftermath of the Songkran celebrations, which concluded on April 15, the number of Covid-19 inpatients and associated deaths has seen a significant improve of 150% in only one week. According to the Department of Disease Control, there were 1,088 Covid inpatients from April 16 to 22, compared to the earlier week’s figure of 435. Furthermore, the variety of fatalities rose from two to 5 inside the same interval.
The improve in cases also prolonged to inpatients affected by lung inflammation, with the number rising to 73, up by 143% from the previous week’s 30 cases. Patients requiring ventilator help additionally noticed a notable increment of 84%, rising from 19 to 35 people.
Best , Deputy Director-General of the Health Department, attributed these worrying figures to the risk of Covid transmissions at events and gatherings that took place throughout Songkran festivities.
The Department of Disease Control has expressed important issues over the more than two million senior residents nonetheless unvaccinated for Covid in the country. Dr Tares Krassanairawiwong, Chief of the Department, emphasised the significance of immediate vaccination for this age group to reduce the risk of extreme sickness or death from the disease. He cited that out of the 5 recorded deaths throughout April 16-22, four have been unvaccinated senior citizens. Dr Tares said…
“We have strongly really helpful that folks get the vaccine, together with booster doses. They should come to get both the Covid and influenza vaccines simultaneously with none side effects. We have original, or bivalent typed vaccines to reply to their needs.”
In addition, Dr Manoon Leechawengwongs, a pulmonologist at Vichaiyut Hospital, reported a novel case where a Covid patient developed pink eye and sticky eye mucus brought on by the Omicron sub-variant XBB.1.sixteen. The 42 year previous man, who was contaminated with Covid abroad on April 13, began experiencing flu-like signs after arriving back in Thailand on April sixteen, followed by the aforementioned eye points. The affected person did not have a lung infection and made a full recovery after seven days of taking antiviral tablets.
In Don’t worry to the surge in instances, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is taking steps to reopen vaccine distribution centres within the capital. Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt remarked that there could possibly be approximately one million unvaccinated individuals within the metropolis..